Nitrogen Made Easy - Parker TyreSaver Nitrogen Tire Wand
The TyreSaver Nitrogen Tire Wand is a revolutionary compact, handheld Nitrogen Gas Generator that produces nitrogen gas from compressed air to offer a cost-effective, reliable and safe alternative to traditional gas supplies such as cylinders. This workshop tool can be connected to a compressor and automatcially generates nitrogen from compressed air: Simple, and above all, Inexpensive.
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Why Inflate Tires With Nitrogen?
Nitrogen in Tires
Filling tires with nitrogen rather than air is becoming a common practice in the replacement tire market. This service offers tire dealers another avenue for making money while also promoting safety. The safety benefits include the potential for reducing air loss compared to an air-filled tire. Maintaining proper inflation can help prevent tire overheating; promote optimum tread life; and reduce rubber aging and wheel corrosion.
The air we breathe consists largely of nitrogen, oxygen and water. The oxygen and water contained in compressed air have a negative impact on tyres. They negatively influence handling, fuel efficiency, tyre life and rim condition, the environment and your own safety. The solution is to inflate your tyres with a high concentration of nitrogen. Nitrogen is used as a clean, dry, inert gas primarily for removing oxygen from products and/or processes. It can prevent tyre deflation caused by oxygen permeation through tyre walls and therefore helps to achieve and maintain correct tyre pressure.
A Tire Is a Membrane
Compressed air – the traditional medium for inflating car tyres – contains both oxygen (21%) and nitrogen (78%). A rubber tire is like a membrane, through which oxygen permeates three times faster than nitrogen. As a result, the oxygen slowly leaks out through the rubber walls, which leads to under-inflation. This in turn leads to higher tire wear, decreased safety and comfort, and higher fuel costs. In addition, compressed air con- tains high levels of moisture, which can accelerate the corrosion of the tyre rim.
Nitrogen is used in tires to avoid air leaking through the tire wall, which results in under-inflation. It is easy to produce, does not support combustion, has no smell and is also a component of atmospheric air.
The difference between the pressure in a tire and the pressure outside, causes oxygen to permeate through the tyre. Nitrogen is less likely to migrate through tire rubber than is oxygen, which means that your tire pressures will remain more stable over the long term.
Nitrogen is all around us: the air we breathe is 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and the rest is small amounts of other gasses. When it comes to tire inflation, nitrogen has many advantages over oxygen. With nitrogen tire inflation, improvements can be noted in a vehicle's handling, fuel efficiency and tire life through better tire pressure retention, improved fuel economy and cooler running tire temperatures.
Advantages of Nitrogen in Tires:
- Increased fuel efficiency
- Reduced CO2 emission
- Increased tyre life due to more stable tyre pressure and less oxidation of the tyre
- Increased safety results in more reliable tyre pressure, lower tyre temperature improved grip and handling
- Increased rim life because nitrogen is completely dry; no oxidation of the rim
- Longer term stability of the tyre pressure
- Better grip and handling
- Reduced fuel consumption
- Longer tyre life
- Enhanced safety No oxidation within the tyre
All of the aforementioned advantages benefit the environment!
Users of Nitrogen Filled Tires:
- Aeroplanes (compulsory for safety reasons)
- Competition racing (Formula 1, Nascar, MotoGP)
- Government services (army, police, fire dept., ambulance)
- Fleet owners (lease vehicles, taxis, public transport)
- Off The Road (OTR) Trucks - End-users (trucks, cars, vans, trailers and motorcycles)
Correct Inflation versus Under-Inflation
Correct inflation is highly significant when considering tyre life and performance. It is not always possible to look at a tyre and detect under-inflation. However, under-inflation causes many tyre-related problems. As inflation pressure largely determines a tyre's loadcapacity, under-inflation results in an overloaded tyre. An under- inflated tyre operates at high deflection resulting in decreased fuel economy, sluggish handling, and may result in excessive mechanical flexing and heat build-up, leading to catastrophic tyre failure.